Crossword puzzle answers: January 16, 2017

ACROSS 1 Cotillion honoree 4 Ricelike pasta 8 Flew the -- 12 Military obligation, e.g. 13 Legal costs 14 -- pie 16 Object of adoration 17 Shabby (hyph.) 19 Where Pliny the Younger served 21 Cloudy region 22 One kind of mother 23 Slow oven 25 Courtroom fig. 27 Doubt 31 Removes a renter 35 Mil. branch 36 Sweetens the kitty 38 Bag 39 Granny's other daughter 41 Super-huge 43 Snowballed 44 Stonehenge priest 46 Like hushpuppies 48 Festive night 49 Hot -- wine 51 Breathtaking 53 "Fish Magic" artist 55 Bone-dry 56 Fossil fuel 59 Erstwhile sun dancer 61 Complains 65 Artist's brush (2 wds.) 68 Paper quantity 69 Coastline 70 1977 whale movie 71 Sigmund's daughter 72 Livy's bear 73 Willowy 74 Wheel nut

DOWN  1 Type of ranch 2 School founded in 1440 3 Rules 4 Volunteering 5 Family mem. 6 Zorro's marks 7 Honshu port 8 201, to Caesar 9 Away from the center 10 Bart Simpson's bus driver 11 Dappled 12 Bad-mouth 15 LA-NY dir. 18 PC snack 20 Bye, in Bristol (hyph.) 24 Recurring theme 26 Boob tubes 27 Thigh muscles 28 Topple the king 29 Ho-hum feeling 30 Gets closer 32 Gave a darn 33 Roman fountain 34 Plied a needle 37 Prunes 40 Rib- -- (jokes) 42 Wire 45 Penn. neighbor 47 Middle name in mysteries 50 -- ex machina 52 Nervy? 54 Social mores 56 Hypo units 57 Waikiki setting 58 Eros, in Rome 60 Rank below marquis 62 Where to find a salad 63 Twinge 64 Like a bairn 66 Grassy field 67 Here, for Yves